wilful
Use Wilful in a sentence
fəl adjective
Related forms
wil·ful·ly, adverb
wil·ful·ness, noun
un·wil·ful, adjective
un·wil·ful·ly, adverb
un·wil·ful·ness, noun
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wilful or willful (ˈwɪlfʊl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | intent on having one's own way; headstrong or obstinate |
| 2. | intentional: wilful murder |
| willful or willful | |
| —adj | |
| 'wilfully or willful | |
| —adv | |
| 'willfully or willful | |
| —adv | |
| 'wilfulness or willful | |
| —n | |
| 'willfulness or willful | |
| —n | |
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Wilful
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Example sentences
Wilful means only that the defendant knowingly committed the act charged.
The reading above is a shadow of an obsession with externals or wilful misinterpretation.
It offers the removal of the wilful misconduct barrier, and instead an effective unlimited liability.
These violations are alleged to have been both negligent and wilful.
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